Problems with skiers and hole shot

[beeaton]

It seems that I am having issues with pulling skiers out of the water with my boat. The boat struggles to pull a 200 lbs person out of the water with 3 adults and 3 small kids aboard. Looking for suggestions on what I can do to help out with this issue.

I have a VIP Vantage 202 with the 5.0 Mercruiser 220 HP engine. I have the original aluminum prop that came wth it, but the salesman talked me into putting a stainless steel prop, so I have never have used it with the original prop.

 

[sleeper]

Re: Problems with skiers and hole shot

Go to the top of the page and read the sticky. We need more details. Engine and drive combo, current prop, current rpm, etc.

 

[Dhadley]

Re: Problems with skiers and hole shot

Very seldom do we find the best cruising prop is a good ski prop. Pulling skiiers or water toys puts a lot of strain on the motor. We normally see 1 prop for normal running and a prop about 4" less in pitch for pulling a skier or toys. A lot depends on what prop you have now as far as pitch and top rpm with a normal load not pulling anything.

Let us know what you have and what the top rpm is. I'll bet we can come up with some suggestions.